Some lifestyle habits that can help you prevent cancer.📆📆📆

Even though medical technology is becoming more and more advanced
nowadays, cancer is still one of the diseases that everyone is afraid of. There are more and more people suffering from cancer. Every minute around the world, many people are diagnosed with cancer or die of cancer. In addition to genetics that affect cancer, daily living habits can also affect cancer. Some bad habits can make people more prone to cancer. Here are some lifestyle habits that can help you prevent cancer.

1. Eating habits.

Many families are accustomed to a high-salt, high-sugar, and high-oil diet, which makes it easy to suffer from various chronic diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, gout, and high blood lipids. At the same time, it will be more prone to cancer. Therefore, the usual diet should do the following:

1. Try to have a light diet, eat less high-fat, high-salt and pickled foods. It is best to consume no more than 6 grams of salt per day.
2. Eat moderate amounts of meat, each person consumes 50-75g of livestock and poultry meat and 50-100g of fish and shrimp every day. Appropriately reduce the intake of red meat (such as beef, pig and mutton), and eat less processed meat products (such as sausage and ham).
3. Drink less sugary drinks and eat less high-energy-density foods, such as desserts and high-fat meats.
4. Drink less alcohol. If you cannot avoid drinking, men should limit their drinking to less than 2 alcohol units per day, and women should limit their drinking to 1 alcohol unit per day (1 alcohol unit is 10 ml of pure alcohol, which is approximately equivalent to 360 ml of beer and 150 ml of wine or 45ml of white wine).
5. Eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes, which should account for more than 2/3 of your daily diet. The more types, the better.
6. To maintain good eating habits. Eat regularly every day, eat slowly and avoid overeating.

2. Exercise.

Proper exercise can enhance physical fitness, improve immunity and enhance the body's resistance. Studies have shown that exercise can significantly reduce the incidence of 13 types of cancer. Lack of necessary exercise can reduce a person's life span by 3-5 years. This also increases the probability of cancer, heart disease and stroke by 25-50%. 

Suggestion:

• Perform aerobic exercises 3 times or more a week, such as jogging, swimming, skipping rope, and cycling for at least 30 minutes each time. Pay attention to warming up and stretching before and after exercise. After adapting to this exercise intensity, gradually increase the amount of exercise according to personal circumstances.

3. Sleeping.

Studies have shown that long-term lack of sleep increases the risk of cancers such as colorectal cancer, thyroid cancer and lung cancer. Studies have investigated more than 1000 cancer patients between the ages of 30 and 50 from all over the world. It was found that 99.3% of them would not rest until after the early hours of the morning for a long time. 

Suggestion:

• Children 1-2 years old: It is recommended to sleep 11-14 hours a day, but it should not be less than 9 hours or more than 16 hours.
• Children 3-5 years old: It is recommended to sleep 10-13 hours a day, but it should not be less than 8 hours or more than 14 hours.
• Children 6-13 years old: It is recommended to sleep 9-11 hours a day, but it should not be less than 7 hours or more than 12 hours.
• Adolescents aged 14-17: It is recommended to sleep 8-10 hours a day, but it should not be less than 7 hours or more than 11 hours.
• Adults aged 18-64: It is recommended to sleep 7-9 hours a day, but should not be less than 6 hours or more than 11 hours.
• Elderly people over 65: It is recommended to sleep 7-9 hours a day, but it should not be less than 5 hours or more than 9 hours.

4. Emotion.

Studies have found that experimental mice live in a pleasant environment, and their tumors are getting smaller than those in the control group, and even disappear. Positive emotions have a positive impact on the immune system and can help prevent cancer.

5. Examination.

Cancer is a chronic development process. Therefore, if cancer is detected as early as possible, there is a greater chance of recovery. Lung cancer is the cancer with the highest morbidity and mortality. However, if it is detected and treated early, the 5-year survival rate can reach 90%. Regular examination can detect cancer early and improve the cure rate of patients. In addition, people with past medical or family history should undergo more targeted examinations.